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Radically changing something that already works doesn't seem like a great idea, and under this premise, this new NBA 2K26 doesn't intend to modify its structure, but rather improve hundreds of details and game modes that make it a better, faster, smoother, and more fun title. Therefore, we find improvements that manage to fix some player movements during the game, the defensive mechanics, the interaction and collisions of the players on the court, refine the shot bar so that it is now more precise or introduce better animations and graphics that mimic the movements of NBA stars.Presence of NBA legends like Jordan or Larry Bird
But it also advances in the game modes (there are so many and so varied that it's hard to delve into them), gives players many more options, in women's and men's basketball tournaments, which make, globally, everything have an authentic, realistic and dazzling aroma. The stadiums have redesigned lighting so that it is difficult to distinguish it from a real match, with an atmosphere in the stands that gives the feeling of being alive. And if we look at the court, seeing Stephen Curry, Angel Reese or A’ja Wilson move, and even legends like Michael Jordan or Larry Bird, with the same movements, gestures and peculiarities that real players have, is pure magic. Regarding game modes, this year's installment has so many options that they are overwhelming and all have slight changes: matches with current teams (men's, women's, and even combined), with NBA legends, career mode to start from the draft, card games with the novelty of also having women's teams, financial and sports management of a team or the 'The City' mode, an online world to play and improve our character and that looks absolutely spectacular.
Becoming NBA and WNBA Stars
It's a shame that despite having all the NBA/WNBA licenses, we don't find any real teams in Europe, so that when we train the player in the 'career mode' on the Old Continent, he will do so in 'Basquet Madrid', 'Istanbul Basquetbol', 'Barcelona Basket' or 'Club Vitoria', a detail that is at least disappointing. The setting, the players' physics, the sound, the commentators, or the graphics only leave us speechless. It's pure spectacle and manages to convey the emotion of the NBA to the controls, causing the feeling of being in front of something brilliant. This is a game that also knows how to satisfy beginners who are just looking for fun, thanks to a faster game with more precise and realistic movements, and the most demanding basketball lovers, with very precise and almost infinite tactics and options.As a negative aspect, transactions with real money are maintained to buy virtual in-game currency and thus improve the players' statistics or buy them accessories. Although it is easy to get that virtual in-game currency with a very extensive reward and challenge system, it seems necessary to use 'real' money to shorten the time of those improvements and be competitive from the first moment in the online mode.
However, NBA 2K26 is a true gem, the definitive title for basketball lovers, with so many levels of difficulty and progression that it's hard not to feel comfortable and enjoy it. Playing a league and managing to win the ring is a unique experience, thanks to an atmosphere that makes you feel like a true star of the greatest basketball spectacle in the world.
